they rely on academic performance and social status to gauge people because they lack the ability to perceive individuals based on subtler qualities. anyway, they pose no threat to me, unless they make it into politics.Originally posted by pikamaster:I think there was a thread here on "schools fostering elitist mindset" so i shall continue it...
look at this link...the real forums page...
http://www3.icered.com/icered/home/forum/threadList.jspa?forumID=33&threadID=18280&tstart=0
the concerned pikamaster
not all top sch. pple are like that.... definitely i and laser51088 are not... hehe...we're frm RI n we r classmates..Originally posted by boy in blues:they rely on academic performance and social status to gauge people because they lack the ability to perceive individuals based on subtler qualities. anyway, they pose no threat to me, unless they make it into politics.
Originally posted by kopiosatu:oh well... its take just one rotten apple
not directing this at you or anyone in general, but sometimes, what's NOT said and HOW something is said can be very telling as well...Originally posted by pikamaster:not all top sch. pple are like that.... definitely i and laser51088 are not... hehe...we're frm RI n we r classmates..
in the end, Auspicium Melioris Aevi, hopefully.
the pikamaster
hehe...how abt faulting the institution instead of the students? After all, Hodge-podge seems pretty arrogant too...Originally posted by BillyBong:Every school has it's share of rotten apples. You can't fault the entire JC based on those arrogant few.
Some of my best friends are rafflesians and i admire the candid and mature views they express; they have an open nature which neither restricts their thoughts nor impedes their actions. That's why i am more inclined to believe those who use the pen names "RJCdude" and so on merely despise the raffles culture and would rather draw as much slime using their name to gain some measure of satisfaction for themselves.
Confucius said Raffles boys usually put one hand in pocket and feel cocky all day.Originally posted by subudei:Ultimately, a lot of this snobbery from the Raffles people is due to the Gah'ment's policies of promoting bureaucrats into positions of power primarily on the basis of their academic performance. It's so much like the Confucian civil service exams in imperial China, and we know what happened there...the whole system became so corrupt and ineffective...ergo, Mongol invasion, Manchu conquest, Opium War, etc etc etc....
Originally posted by Wuey:Confucius said Raffles boys usually put one hand in pocket and feel cocky all day.![]()

prehaps these growth up snooby kids is sitting in some bomb shelter and giving brainless suggestions for the battalion to fight in n risking their lifes.Originally posted by kopiosatu:those snobby kids better not find their way here and stick to some unknown forum.
the government is screwing things up badly, they make these kids so highly educated, these kids whom they think will make great leaders for the nation, sometimes u have to go through totally shit to open ur mind... these kids haven't seen anything, and i'm not gonna be in this country if its going to be led by them.
pick up a rifle and fight for my family? yes
fight so that those snobby kids can sit in a bomb shelter and whine? no fucking way
lol are you refering to mindef?Originally posted by edLow:prehaps these growth up snooby kids is sitting in some bomb shelter and giving brainless suggestions for the battalion to fight in n risking their lifes.